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DEA St. Louis Division Announces National Prescription Drug Take Back Day

April 25, 2025
… and Mental Health Services Administration, opioids such as oxycodone, hydrocodone, codeine, and morphine are among the …
April 25, 2025
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DEA Issues Public Safety Alert on Sharp Increase in Fake Prescription Pills Containing Fentanyl and Meth

September 27, 2021
… to look like real prescription opioid medications such as oxycodone (Oxycontin®, Percocet®), hydrocodone (Vicodin®), and alprazolam (Xanax®); or …
September 27, 2021
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DEA’s National Prescription Drug Take Back Day Enters 15th Year of Removing Unneeded Medications from Communities

April 26, 2024
… Health Services Administration (SAMHSA), opioids, such as oxycodone, hydrocodone, codeine, and morphine, are the most …
April 26, 2024
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Major Indictment Targets Southeastern Drug Trafficking Conspiracy

November 28, 2022
… More of Methamphetamine; 28 Grams or More of Crack Cocaine; Hydrocodone; Oxycodone; and Marijuana. Other individual charges in the …     Drug Trafficking Methamphetamine Cocaine Oxycodone Marijuana (Cannabis) On On Press Release Image …
November 28, 2022
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Owner Of Columbus Southern Medical Center Pleads Guilty To Drug, Tax, Fraud Charges: $29 Million Forfeited

January 30, 2017
… them were returning patients - to receive prescriptions of oxycodone, hydrocodone and Xanax. The percentage of patients …
January 30, 2017
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Authorities Arrest 5 Linked To LA "Pill Mill"

January 13, 2015
… 10,000 prescriptions - with nearly 80 percent of those for hydrocodone or alprazolam, most of which were at the maximum … at Southfork, Gillespie agreed that Garg would prescribe oxycodone and promethazine with codeine for an undercover … gave the undercover witness forged prescriptions for oxycodone and promethazine with codeine using another …
January 13, 2015
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New Jersey Doctor Sentenced To More Than 11 Years For Writing Illegal Oxycodone Prescriptions In Drug Distribution Conspiracy Also Ordered To Pay Approximately $630,000 In Fines And Forfeiture

December 17, 2013
… Doctor Sentenced To More Than 11 Years For Writing Illegal Oxycodone Prescriptions In Drug Distribution Conspiracy Also … medicine specialist who wrote illegal prescriptions for oxycodone was sentenced today to 136 months in prison for …
December 17, 2013
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Manhattan U.S. Attorney Announces Charges Against Owners Of Three Pharmacies, Pharmacists, And Others For Illegal Distribution Of Millions Of Dollars’ Worth Of Oxycodone And Other Painkillers Nine Individuals Allegedly Used New York And New Jersey

October 23, 2013
… For Illegal Distribution Of Millions Of Dollars’ Worth Of Oxycodone And Other Painkillers Nine Individuals Allegedly … bulk quantities of highly addictive painkillers such as oxycodone, hydromorphone, and morphine sulfate. Paul …
October 23, 2013
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Six California Residents Indicted By Federal Grand Jury For Conspiracy To Distribute Oxycodone In Southeast Alaska Drug Dealer Sentenced For Structuring Drug Proceedshirteenth Defendant Pleads Guilty In Idaho Meth Case

February 02, 2011
… Indicted By Federal Grand Jury For Conspiracy To Distribute Oxycodone In Southeast Alaska Drug Dealer Sentenced For … to distribute and to possess with the intent to distribute oxycodone in Alaska. The individuals were indicted in four …
February 02, 2011
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Man Sentenced to 14 Years in Prison for Selling Fentanyl That Killed One Woman, Hospitalized Another

January 02, 2025
… to another person who reported that she thought she was buying the painkiller oxycodone. That woman later went to the hospital, believing …
January 02, 2025
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Eighteen Defendants Charged With Operating A Large Scale Drug Organization In Anne Arundel And Howard Counties

January 16, 2013
… Dayi’s innermost, trusted circle of lieutenants, who either buy/sell drugs, participate in the laundering of money … cash in cars; sending cash through the mail and commercial delivery services; structuring deposits into bank accounts …
January 16, 2013
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Providence Man Detained For Allegedly Trafficking Thousands Of Ecstasy Pills

May 21, 2013
… Tactical Division began discussions with Araujo for the delivery of significant quantities of Oxycodone and Ecstasy tablets. After at least one meeting …
May 21, 2013
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Federal Grand Jury Charges Owner Of Several North Texas Pill Mills With Drug Distribution Conspiracy And Firearm Charges

September 22, 2016
… 2015 on one count of conspiracy to distribute a controlled (hydrocodone).  James, who is in custody, pleaded guilty in … that operated as “pill mills,” unlawfully distributing hydrocodone and other controlled substances.  For instance, …
September 22, 2016
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Licensed pharmacist charged with hoarding and price gouging of N95 masks in violation of Defense Production Act

May 26, 2020
… (1) continued to add to his stockpile of N95 masks by buying thousands of additional N95 masks; and (2) charged … of controlled substance pills/patches, including fentanyl, oxycodone, and oxymorphone.  These substances were all …
May 26, 2020
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Federal Jury Convicts El Paso Pharmacist In Drug Distribution Scheme

October 19, 2011
… guilty of one count of possession with intent to distribute hydrocodone by a practitioner and one count of distribution … dba Continental Pharmacy, would illegally provide hydrocodone to customers. Testimony revealed that typically … for any of the various forms and brand names of hydrocodone. Ayika would fill the initial prescription and …
October 19, 2011
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Multi-agency investigation leads to arrest of 5, seizure of 17 kilograms of cocaine, 2 kilograms of heroin, 4,000 counterfeit oxycodone pills, 9 guns, $1.5 million of drug proceeds

June 29, 2020
… of cocaine, 2 kilograms of heroin, 4,000 counterfeit oxycodone pills, 9 guns, $1.5 million of drug proceeds June … of cocaine, 2 kilograms of heroin, 4,000 counterfeit oxycodone pills, more than $1.5 million cash, and numerous … of cocaine, two kilograms of heroin, and 4,000 counterfeit oxycodone pills from reaching the streets of Suffolk County. …
June 29, 2020
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Former Bordentown physician charged with narcotics distribution and fraud

December 04, 2019
… for nearly 1,400,000 total doses of opioids, including oxycodone (OxyContin, Percocet, Roxicodone, Endocet), hydrocodone (Vicodin, Norco, Lorcet, Lortab), oxymorphone …
December 04, 2019
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Alabama Pill Mill Doctor pleads guilty to illegally dispensing prescription drugs

June 21, 2019
… Dr. Morris illegally prescribed one particular patient hydrocodone, alprazolam, oxycodone and tramadol in exchange of sexual favors. This …
June 21, 2019
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Texarkana Physician Sentenced to More Than 7 Years in Federal Prison for Prescribing Controlled Substances Without a Legitimate Medical Purpose

August 26, 2024
… 1.2 million dosage units of opiates, including oxycodone and hydrocodone, to approximately 1,508 patients (approximately …
August 26, 2024
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Craven County Armed Drug Dealer Sentenced in Excess of 28 Years

October 12, 2021
… executed a search. In the living room, deputies recovered hydrocodone and oxycodone pills, cocaine, electronic scales, drug packaging …
October 12, 2021
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Pharmacist gets 10 years in prison on DEA case

December 03, 2018
… prescriptions and divert hundreds of thousands of oxycodone and hydrocodone pills. In addition, more than 13 gallons of …
December 03, 2018
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McKesson Agrees To Pay Record $150 Million Settlement For Failure To Report Suspicious Orders Of Pharmaceutical Drugs

January 17, 2017
… supplied various U.S. pharmacies an increasing amount of oxycodone and hydrocodone pills, frequently misused products that are part …
January 17, 2017
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Owner Of Multiple Ohio Pain Clinics Sentenced To 14 Years In Prison And Ordered To Forfeit $6.3 Million In Pain Clinic Profits

May 21, 2014
… of “cocktails” of controlled substances including diazepam, hydrocodone, oxycodone and alprazalam. As a result of the investigation, …
May 21, 2014
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Longtime Louisville Physician Convicted: Unlawful Distribution Of Controlled Substances

January 26, 2017
… September 2012. The controlled substances prescribed were oxycodone and hydrocodone, both Schedule II controlled substances.  …
January 26, 2017
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Two Charged And Two Sentenced In Scheme To Sell Narcotics On Dark Web

May 11, 2017
… including: fentanyl, heroin, methamphetamine, alpha-PVP and oxycodone. On several occasions, DEA agents made undercover … MDMA from “Ustous” and made undercover online purchases of hydrocodone from “DigitalPossi2014” and received the drugs …
May 11, 2017
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McKesson Pays Record $150 Million Settlement For Failure To Report Suspicious Pharmaceutical Drug Orders Including Opioids

January 17, 2017
… supplied various U.S. pharmacies an increasing amount of oxycodone and hydrocodone pills, frequently misused products that are part …
January 17, 2017
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Twenty-Three Individuals Charged In A Prescription Drug Distribution Conspiracy

March 25, 2015
… obtain prescriptions for pain medications, such as oxycodone and hydrocodone, and then distribute those controlled substances …
March 25, 2015
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San Diego Pharmacy Owners Pay $750,000 To Resolve Drug Diversion Allegations

November 18, 2015
… pills were the powerful and highly addictive drugs oxycodone and hydrocodone, commonly known by their brand names OxyContin, …
November 18, 2015
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McKesson Agrees To Pay Record $150 Million Settlement For Failure To Report Suspicious Orders Of Pharmaceutical Drugs

January 17, 2017
… supplied various U.S. pharmacies an increasing amount of oxycodone and hydrocodone pills, frequently misused products that are part …
January 17, 2017
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Massive takedown targets East County drug trafficking networks

September 19, 2019
… various encrypted communication services like Signal and WhatsApp to communicate among themselves. Despite their …
September 19, 2019